The Origins of Capitalism in Russia;: Industry and Progress in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

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Acknowledgments List of Bibliographical Abbreviations Contents Maps Introduction 1 The Town Life, Artisanry, and Commerce of Early Modern Russia 2. First Steps Toward Industrial Modernization, 1470’s- 1590’s 3. Andrei Vinius and the Beginnings of Iron Manufacturing 4 The Downfall of Andrei Vinius 5 Surging Ahead: Russian Iron Manufacturing, 1648-1662 6 Crisis in the Affairs of Peter Marselis 7 Iron Manufacturing in the Far Northwest 8 Expansion and Russification, 1675-1690’s 9 Other Russian Manufactures of the Seventeenth Century 10 The Russian State's Industrial Policy 11 Activities of the Foreigner in Early Modern Russia 12 Status and Influence of the Foreigner in Early Modern Russia 13 Manufacturing in Early Modern Russia: Some Generalizations and Conclusions Appendix I. The Russian Ruble from the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Century Appendix II. Some Russian Weights and Measures of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries Appendix III. Russian Manufactories During the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries Notes Glossary A Note on Sources Selected Bibliography Index A Note on the Author